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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *ńap ( ~ *ŋ-)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: to snatch
Limbu: na:pmaʔ
Kulung: ŋamma
Yamphu: napma
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: na:pmaʔ, -na:pt-/-na:p-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: take, help oneself to, take a portion of
Comments: na:ptuNaN caN I took and ate it.
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: Namma
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vt-4 [1: Nap- 2: Napp- 3: Nam-]
Meaning: snatch away
Nepali: khosnu.
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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: napma
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Stem: <nab- ; nap->
Grammar: v.tr.
Meaning: to snatch, to grab
Nepali: khosnu
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ńăp
Meaning: pinch, squeeze
Chinese: *snap (~-ep) catch, hold, pinch between.
Tibetan: rńab-rńab to seize or snatch together.
Burmese: ńap be pinched, squeezed, hńap to pinch, squeeze
Kachin: ńap2 squeeze, extort.
Kiranti: *ńap
Comments: Ben. 47; Mat. 200. Cf. *ńēp. Cf. PAN *qeNeb 'close, shut (door)'.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: shè
Preclassic Old Chinese: snap (~ -ep)
Classic Old Chinese: n̥ap
Western Han Chinese: n̥ap
Eastern Han Chinese: ń̥ap
Early Postclassic Chinese: śap
Middle Postclassic Chinese: śap
Late Postclassic Chinese: śap
Middle Chinese: śep
English meaning : to assist; catch, hold, pinch between
Russian meaning[s]: 1) схватить, взять; арестовать; 2) усвоить; запечатлеть; сфотографировать; 3) управлять, распоряжаться; 4) временно исполнять должность; регентствовать; 5) сдерживать; 6) приближаться, угрожать; 7) помогать; поддерживать; 8) занять, одолжить; [niè] спокойный; мир
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 2680
Karlgren code: 0638 e
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